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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 140

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    of dead persons, should be thrown into some place which affords good shelter, such as a cow house. If penance is required of those persons, they are supposed to return to where the water is thrown, to perform it.
    Custom concerning shoes or boots:-
    According to the Scattery islanders, shoes or boots should never be laid on a table. Should they be laid on this particular spot by accident, a quarrel is the supposed result.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Maolacháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scattery Island, Co. Clare